About Embrace Acupuncture

At Embrace Acupuncture, a little sanctuary is provided for you. A place of relaxation off the busy roads of Northcote and away from the busy-ness of your world. It’s a place for you to stop, unwind and know your health is being taken care of.

Wherever you’re at in life, we’re here for you. From smoothing out period issues, to fertility, to pregnancy, to post natal care, to gently working with your kids and beyond!

At Embrace Acupuncture, our highly skilled practitioners work in with your existing health practitioners, incorporating information from testing and scans into our Acupuncture and herbal treatment plan for a holistic and integrative approach. We talk you through each step so you’re always informed.

About Dr Danielle Maguire

Dr Danielle Maguire (TCM) is the founder of Embrace Acupuncture and a highly skilled Chinese Medicine Practitioner with post graduate training in Natural Fertility Support. She graduated from RMIT University with degrees in both Human Biology & Chinese Medicine is nationally registered with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency).

Danielle has special interests in:

• Fertility

• IVF support

• Hormonal health (eg PCOS, Endometriosis)

• Stress & Anxiety

Danielle loves to treat, educate and empower women to make the changes they need to look after their minds & bodies and feel their very best. She loves helping women to be their most fertile and to help women reduce period symptoms to feel themselves at all times of the month!

Her treatments incorporate individualised diet and lifestyle advice with Acupuncture, supplements and Herbal Medicine to provide a personalised healthcare treatment.

Danielle’s warm and gentle approach in her practice will leave even the most concerned patients at ease.

On a personal note, Danielle enjoys yoga, food and laughter with friends, growing her balcony garden and exploring the city by bike.

 About Dr Phoebe Noble

Phoebe has a particular fondness for treating all stages of one’s pregnancy journey. She understands it is a challenging, unique and inspiring time in a women’s life and finds being able to support, educate and improve wellbeing for these women very rewarding.

Phoebe graduated from RMIT with degrees in Chinese Medicine & Health Science (BAppSc).

Phoebe has special interests in:

• Pregnancy

• Post-natal

• Paediatrics

• Fertility

• Digestive health

• General wellbeing

Phoebe was born into a healing environment in the Adelaide Hills. Health practitioners from various modalities continually visited, using the home as a venue to run workshops and to share their expertise. This exposure, combined with her father’s emphasis on the power of the body to heal itself created the grounding for her later passion for medicine.

Life took Phoebe on many journeys, including seven years in Cork, Ireland. It was here she focused on massage, gaining valuable skills in that field.  In order to expand her practice, she then chose a course in Acupressure.  During these studies she discovered that the philosophy, language, culture and practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine resonated strongly with her beliefs.  Accordingly, she returned home to Australia and headed to RMIT to complete a double degree in Health Science and Chinese Medicine.

She understands that people often have numerous related complaints so treats each patient holistically in order to help them achieve balance within themselves.

Phoebe’s approach is empathic, warm, calm and professional and she tailors her treatments to each individual and provides an environment, which allows her patients to be heard.

She looks forward to meeting you.

What to Expect

At Embrace Acupuncture, its about so much more than reducing your symptoms… It’s about finding the reason why they occurred and working to treat both symptoms and the cause for longer lasting relief.

To do this we take an integrative, whole-person approach finding out exactly where your health is at.

After booking an appointment, a comprehensive intake form will be emailed to you. We appreciate the forms completed two days before your first appointment to allow us time to read and have a good understanding of your overall health. We also ask you attach or bring in any relevant blood tests or scans for a more comprehensive understanding of your current health needs.

In your appointment your immediate health concerns will be discussed, blood tests and scans reviewed as well as your overall health discussed. We also look at your tongue and feel your pulses to help ascertain where your body is at and which Chinese Medicine pattern you are presenting with. After reviewing your unique information and needs, we discuss with you the recommended treatment strategy including if herbs or supplements are needed.

Then its time to lay back and enjoy the beautiful, relaxing treatment that is Acupuncture!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How does Acupuncture work? 

One of the ways Acupuncture works is to increase blood circulation and healing in the affected area. It also works to re-balance hormones by switching your body from stressed out ‘fight or flight mode’ into normal ‘rest and recovery mode’. Acupuncture even works to reduce the pain signals sent to the brain.

From a Chinese Medicine point of view, Acupuncture works to ensure the free flow of Qi (chee) energy so that every part of the body receives enough and can heal and function at its best. It works to re-balance the body, relieve heat when you’re really hot, provide more warmth when your bodies been very cold and to nourish it and restore it when its feeling run down.

Every person has a slightly different Chinese Med ‘pattern’ that their body and symptoms fall into. Once this pattern is treated with Acupuncture (and herbs when applicable), the main condition AND the other seemingly unrelated symptoms are relieved. This is the magic of Chinese Medicine and how it provides such a holistic treatment.

Will Acupuncture hurt?

At Embrace Acupuncture, your comfort and happiness are our greatest concern. Super fine, pain minimizing needles are coupled with the gentlest techniques to leave you feeling calm and relaxed. Areas of the body that have thin skin and minimal overlying muscle (eg the hand) can be more sensitive than areas with more flesh/muscle (eg the back). Keeping this is mind we keep these points to a minimum and do only what is really needed for relief for the symptoms. The single use, sterilised needles are less than 0.18mm. Thats a 1/5 of 1mm or 3 strands of hair in thickness!

Once the needles have been gently inserted, any discomfort will fade quickly so you can lie back, relax and let the acupuncture do its work!

What about herbs?

As trained Chinese Herbalists as well as Acupuncturists, you can rest assured you’re in safe hands. During your Initial Consultation, our job is to ascertain the most effective way to relieve your symptoms, as quickly as possible and have you feeling great again! Sometimes this involves just Acupuncture, other times a combination of herbs and Acupuncture is best. If we feel herbs are needed we will let you know before hand as they are additional to the consult price. The TGA approved herbs are brewed by Aussie companies according to strict guidelines.

While we absolutely encourage you to try at least one session of Acupuncture with us (not all acupuncturists are alike!), if you strongly feel Acupuncture is not for you, we do offer herbs only consultations (just book in a 20min herb/supplement consultation online.) This can be done in person or over the phone but a full initial in person consult is needed for the first time.

Prices & Duration

We have a range of appointments to best suit your needs. See our booking page for prices & durations

Please complete your emailed intake form well before your consult & allow at least 5 mins for parking

Cancellation Policy

When you have made a booking, this appointment space has been kept for you, at the exclusion of others who may want the same appointment time as you. While we do understand things change and can happen, in fairness to the practitioner for holding that time for you, we do have a strict 24h cancellation policy.

Appointment reminders are sent out 2 days before hand, allowing plenty of time to ensure this time is still suitable for you. If less than 24h notice is given to rescheduling or cancelling an appointment, an invoice will be issued for 50% of the consult fee.

Private Health Insurance

We have HICAPS available at the clinic so if you have private health insurance and it covers Acupuncture, then you can claim instantly and pay only the gap – hooray!

Where is Embrace Acupuncture exactly?

Embrace Acupuncture is located at 475 High St Northcote, between Separation St & Darebin Rd. It is a 5-10 min walk from Northcote Station on the South Morang train line.

We are located within Natura Medica Clinic.

Parking

1 hour parking is available on all the surrounding streets including High St & Beavers Rd, with some 2h parking on Beavers Rd or in the Northcote Plaza carpark a 5 min walk away.